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Planning Guide—VMware vCenter Server on Dell VxRail
Executive summary VxRail, vSphere, and vCenter release alignment vCenter Server architecture VxRail overview vCenter Server deployment options on VxRail vCenter feature comparison VxRail and vCenter version comparison
Overview: VxRail and vCenter version comparison
Multicluster management
vCenter hosting
vCenter mode conversion
Enhanced Linked Mode
Data encryption
VxRail cluster types vCenter licensing vCenter deployment Conclusion

Multicluster management

Multicluster management

  • Considerations for multicluster management include:

    • There are no restrictions on a customer-managed vCenter Server managing multiple VxRail clusters; however, only VxRail versions 7.0.130 and later support multicluster management.
    • The VxRail cluster must be running VxRail 7.0.130 or later to enable the VxRail managed vCenter Server it is hosting to support managing multiple VxRail clusters.
    • The VxRail managed vCenter Server by default is configured for “Small” environments, which can support up to 100 hosts or 1,000 virtual machines.
    • In a multicluster environment, first perform LCM on the VxRail cluster that is hosting the vCenter instance, and then perform LCM on the VxRail clusters being managed by this vCenter instance.
    • When performing a series of cluster shutdown operations, shut down the clusters under management first. Shut down the cluster hosting the vCenter instance last.
    • When performing cluster startup, first power on the cluster hosting the vCenter instance. 

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    Figure 5.   vCenter instances managing multiple clusters